Face to Face
Overview
Face To Face is a BBC television series originally broadcast between 1959 and 1962, created and produced by Hugh Burnett, which ran for 35 episodes. The insightful and often probing style of the interviewer, former politician John Freeman, separated it from other programmes of the time. The series was revived in 1989 with Jeremy Isaacs as the interviewer. This version ran until 1998.
Episodes
S01E02 Bertrand Russell
Philosopher Bertrand Russell is the second guest on the series, beginning the interview by reading from a fictitious obituary he'd written for himself. Among the topics discussed are guilt, sex, money, childhood, prison and loss...
S01E03 Dame Edith Sitwell
John Freeman interviews the first of just two female guests in the series - poet Dame Edith Sitwell. The Dame discusses her unhappy childhood, her working relationship with Dylan Thomas, and her unexpected diversion into...
S01E04 Lord Boothby
S01E05 Nubar Gulbenkian
S01E06 Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson relives his early life in journalism and law, and discusses losing two Presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower. Among his other reflections are how others see him, and how he sees himself.
S01E07 John Huston
A cigar-puffing John Huston discusses his directing career, his desire to make films under the United Nations, his relationship with his father and fighting with Errol Flynn.
S01E08 Professor Jung
John Freeman interviews Carl Jung at his Zürich home, asking the psychologist questions about consciousness, his friendship with Freud, his thoughts on death, and his own self-analysis.
S01E09 Lord Morrison of Lambeth
S01E10 His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan
S01E11 Lord Shawcross Q.C.
S01E12 Tony Hancock
Tony Hancock engages in self reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his health issues, and whether he could ever truly be happy.
S01E13 Henry Moore
S01E14 Dr. Hastings Banda
S01E15 Augustus John
S01E16 Sir Roy Welensky
S01E17 Stirling Moss
Racing driver Stirling Moss is called upon to ponder his career. Customary for the series, the questions go deeper than usual interviews: Does he think about mortality? Does he feel close to God? What about...
S01E18 Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh takes part in the series due to what he claims is "poverty", and that "everyone thinks ill of the BBC". Among the topics under discussion are religion, truth in fiction, and Waugh's own...
Cast
Jeremy Isaacs
Himself
